About Question enthuware.ocajp.i.v7.2.1184 :

[ETS User]

Hi everyone!

I don't understand the third statements. I don't know why contents of b1.

Thanks in advance.

[ETS User]

There isn't space in the box?

[admin]

In the third case:

b2.substring(4) => "yoodler".substring(4) => "ler"

b1.replace(3, 4, b2.substring(4)) => b1.replace(3, 4, "ler") => "snorkler".replace(3, 4, "ler") =>snolerkler

b2.append(false) => "yoodlerfalse"

b1.replace(3, 4, b2.substring(4)).append(b2.append(false)) =>"snolerkler".append("yoodlerfalse") => snolerkleryoodlerfalse

HTH,
Paul.

[Karen]

Is there a definitive subset of String/StringBuffer/ArrayList methods we have to know? I don't
think it's feasible to learn all of them (for me, at least).

If not, is there a probable subset?

Thanks,
Karen

[admin]

Yes, you need to learn about :

substring
replace
charAt
indexOf
length
toLower/UpperCase
compareTo
equals
equalsIgnoreCase
contains
endsWith
startsWith
valueOf
trim

Almost all are very straightforward and their names tell you what they do.

HTH,
Paul.

[admin]

I have made a list here as well.

[Sunkrop]

In the book there is a wrong answer for b1 for the third row of table.
It is "olerkleryoodlerfalse", but should be "snolerkleryoodlerfalse".

[admin]

Hi sunkrup,
You are right. The size of the textbox is a little smaller than the word and that is why the beginning two letters are not being displayed in the image. This has now been updated.

thank you for your feedback.
Paul

[baptize]

Hi sunkrup,
You are right. The size of the textbox is a little smaller than the word and that is why the beginning two letters are not being displayed in the image. This has now been updated.

thank you for your feedback.
Paul

Hi Paul,
I'm using the kindle version and i still have the small box with the missing character, any idea how to update?

Thanks.

[admin]

Hi Babtize,
I am not sure how the update works with Amazon. May be you can delete your copy from your device and redownload it?
-Paul.

[baptize]

Hi Babtize,
I am not sure how the update works with Amazon. May be you can delete your copy from your device and redownload it?
-Paul.

I have automatic update turned on but haven't seen any updates?

[admin]

OK, let me investigate this and get back to you. I will also need to contact Amazon about it so it might take some time.

HTH,
Paul.

[admin]

Hi,
It seems it is updated in the book as well. I can see that in the book on kindle.
-Paul.

[lawfanatic]

For b1.replace(3,4,b2.substring(4)).... it seems that the method b1.replace takes 3 parameters which are 3, 4, and b2.substring(4)-> ler. What does the second parameter, the 4 in this instance, mean? What does this method look like? I can't seem to find in API. The only two I see in API are:

1. replace(char oldChar, char newChar)
Returns a new string resulting from replacing all occurrences of oldChar in this string with newChar.

2. replace(CharSequence target, CharSequence replacement)
Replaces each substring of this string that matches the literal target sequence with the specified literal replacement sequence.

Thank you

[admin]

public StringBuilder replace(int start,
int end,
String str)

[vchhang]

I don't understand how b2.substring(2,5) = keeps the value unchanged in column 2, row 1.

[vchhang]

nevermind.. I got it now. substring does not modify the object's value.